For those of us that can’t open the screenshot and zoom:

  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m gonna need some explanation and annotation my man I’m not reading all that

    • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      1 year ago

      On the right is a very popular post, on the left is the exact same post from very recently.

      The left contains the exact same content, by about 10 different bot accounts w/ one another.

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      1 year ago

      You don’t actually need to read it, just skim through and notice all the user names. It’s all copy pasted and all the user names are different

      It’s proving that tons of comments, even in long chains, are bots reposting

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      1 year ago

      So to me it looks like the post with all the upvotes is the original, and the other one is a copy with alt accounts mimicking every single comment. Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.

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        1 year ago

        Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.

        It’s not a useful distinction for determining whether someone is human or a bot. Reddit began suggesting usernames a few years ago and they all look like Randomword-Randomword-Randomnumber. I’ve read comment chains in the past where newer Reddit users were even unaware that they could choose their own account name. There just seems to be a new generation of people who can’t even be assed to read the signup prompts and just keep clicking “OK” until they have a brand new Reddit account.

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          1 year ago

          If people are too stupid to read signup prompts, they may as well be considered bots for all intents and purposes

        • bstix@feddit.dk
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          1 year ago

          So, what do you’re saying is that some click bots are made from flesh.